Monthly Archives: January 2004

DJ mix CDs, sold in almost every independent record store are on the whole unlicensed and technically illegal to distribute. However, DJs and producers alike often rely upon these illegal mixes in order to gain credibility, and to promote themselves to the general public.

Televised poker has become so popular NBC plans on airing tournament to counter Super Bowl pre-game coverage
NBC will air the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Phil “The Unibomber” Laak wears his trademark hooded sweatshirt at the World Poker Classic this year. NBC will show poker during its pre-Super Bowl coverage.Link
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | In pictures: Close-ups of Mars
This picture, taken on 19 January 2004, shows the summit caldera (collapsed magma chamber) of the volcano Albor Tholus. It is of particular interest as the 3 km depth of the caldera approaches the height of the volcano, which is unusual on Earth. A bright “dust fall” seems to flow from the plateau into the caldera.

Morning prayers in the holy waters of river Sangum in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, January 15, 2004. Thousands of Hindu Holy men and women throng Sangum, at the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, for ‘Makar Sankranti’, which marks the start of spring.Link

White smoke rises about 800 meters (2,600 feet) in the air from a crater of Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture (state), southern Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004. The Fukuoka Meteorological Observatory issued public warning Wednesday of volcanic activity. The 1,592-meter (5,223-foot) volcano is one of Japan’s five most active volcanoes.